Soviet Space Pioneer Boris Chertok Dies At 99
Boris Chertok, who led development of flight control systems for rockets and spacecraft from the beginning of the Soviet Union's program and was the longtime deputy to General Designer Sergei Korolev, died Dec. 14 of pneumonia at home in Moscow. He was three months short of his 100th birthday. An...
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